Carlos Slim
Carlos Slim
Carlos Slim Helúis a Lebanese Mexican business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. From 2010 to 2013, Slim was ranked as the richest person in the world. Known as the "Warren Buffett of Mexico", he derived his fortune from his extensive holdings in a considerable number of Mexican companies through his conglomerate, Grupo Carso. As of 31 July 2016 he was #7 on Forbes list of billionaires, with a net worth estimated at US$50 billion...
NationalityMexican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth28 January 1940
CityMexico City, Mexico
CountryMexico
When everybody else is better off, they can buy more, they strengthen demand, strengthen the market, strengthen the country.
When I was very young, maybe 12 years, I began to make investments.
You should have more time for you during all of your life - not when you're 65 and retired.
You need to support human development and human capital as much as possible. And we've had 25 years of programs, great programs. We supported 125,000 surgeries. We fund 15,000 scholarships every year for college and higher education. We gave bicycles for rural areas. We gave laptops.
I studied engineering in the national university, the Universidad Autonoma, in San Ildefonso.
I love baseball. And American Football, too. But not rugby.
No, my father passed away when I was 13 years old. I was very young.
Staying occupied displaces preoccupation and problems, and when we face our problems, they disappear.
Choose the right employees and then set them loose.
I think that anything that has privileges have responsibility and all people that is clear about their responsibility has compromise.
All businesses make mistakes. The trick is to avoid large ones.
Firm and patient optimism always yields its rewards.
I think one of the big errors people are making right now is thinking that old-style businesses will be obsolete, when actually they will be an important part of this new civilization. Some retail groups are introducing e-commerce and think that the bricks are no longer useful. But they will continue to be important.
Courage taught me no matter how bad a crisis gets… any sound investment will eventually pay off.